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Glass Houses
by Billy Joel
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Overall Rating:
3.5902
Avg. Critic Score:
3.8000
Glass Houses Lyrics
Lyrics
Disc
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- -- Billy Joel
- Friday night I crashed your party
- Saturday I said I'm sorry
- Sunday came and trashed me out again
- I was only having fun
- Wasn't hurting anyone
- And we all enjoyed the weekend for a change
- I've been stranded in the combat zone
- I walked through Bedford Stuy alone
- Even rode my motorcycle in the rain
- And you told me not to drive
- But I made it home alive
- So you said that only proves that I'm insane
- You may be right
- I may be crazy
- But it just may be a lunatic you're looking for
- Turn out the light
- Don't try to save me
- You may be wrong for all I know
- But you may be right
- Remember how I found you there
- Alone in your electric chair
- I told you dirty jokes until you smiled
- You were lonely for a man
- I said take me as I am
- 'Cause you might enjoy some madness for awhile
- Now think of all the years you tried to
- Find someone to satisfy you
- I might be as crazy as you say
- If I'm crazy then it's true
- That it's all because of you
- And you wouldn't want me any other way
- You may be right
- I may be crazy
- But it just may be a lunatic you're looking for
- It's too late to fight
- It's too late to change me
- You may be wrong for all I know
- But you may be right
- You may be right
- I may be crazy
- But it just may be a lunatic you're looking for
- Turn out the light
- Don't try to save me
- You may be wrong for all I know
- But you may be right
- You may be wrong but you may be right
- You may be wrong but you may be right
- -- Billy Joel
- I didn't want to do it but I got too lonely
- I had to call you up in the middle of the night
- I know it's awful hard to try to make love long distance
- But I really needed stimulation
- Though it was only my imagination
- It's just a fantasy
- It's not the real thing
- It's just a fantasy
- It's not the real thing
- But sometimes a fantasy
- Is all you need
- When am I gonna take control get a hold of my emotions
- Why does it only seem to hit me in the middle of the night
- You told me there's a number I can always dial for assistance
- I don't want to deal with outside action
- Only you can give me satisfaction
- It's just a fantasy
- It's not the real thing
- It's just a fantasy
- It's not the real thing
- But sometimes a fantasy
- Is all you need
- Sure it would be better if I had you here to hold me
- Be better baby but believe me it's the next best thing
- I'm sure there's many times you've wanted me to hear your secrets
- Don't be afraid to say the words that move me
- Anytime you want to tell them to me
- It's just a fantasy
- It's not the real thing
- It's just a fantasy
- It's not the real thing
- But sometimes a fantasy
- Is all you need
- It's just a fantasy
- It's not the real thing
- It's just a fantasy
- It's not the real thing
- -- Billy Joel
- All the waiters in your grand cafe
- Leave their tables when you blink
- Every dog must have his everyday
- Every drunk must have his drink
- Don't wait for answers
- Just take your chances
- Don't ask me why
- All you life you had to stand in line
- Still you're standing on your feet
- All your choices made you change your mind
- Now your calender's complete
- Don't wait for answers
- Just take your chances
- Don't ask me why
- You can say the human heart
- Is only make-believe
- And I am only fighting fire with fire
- But you are still a victim
- Of the accidents you leave
- As sure as I'm a victim of desire
- All the servants in your new hotel
- Throw their roses at your feet
- Fool them all but baby I can tell
- You're no stranger to the street
- Don't ask for favors
- Don't talk to strangers
- Don't ask me why
- Yesterday you were an only child
- Now your ghosts have gone away
- You can kill them in the classic style
- Now you, "parlez vous francais"
- Don't look for answers
- You took your chances
- Don't ask me why
- Don't ask me why
- -- Billy Joel
- What's the matter with the clothes I'm wearing?
- "Can't you tell that your tie's too wide?"
- Maybe I should buy some old tab collars?
- "Welcome back to the age of jive.
- Where have you been hidin' out lately, honey?
- You can't dress trashy till you spend a lot of money."
- Everybody's talkin' 'bout the new sound
- Funny, but it's still rock and roll to me
- What's the matter with the car I'm driving?
- "Can't you tell that it's out of style?"
- Should I get a set of while wall tires?
- "Are you gonna cruise the miracle mile?
- Nowadays you can't be too sentimental
- Your best bet's a true baby blue Continental."
- Hot funk, cool punk, even if it's old junk
- It's still rock and roll to me
- Oh, it doesn't matter what they say in the papers
- 'Cause it's always been the same old scene.
- There's a new band in town
- But you can't get the sound from a story in a magazine...
- Aimed at your average teen
- How about a pair of pink sidewinders
- And a bright orange pair of pants?
- "You could really be a Beau Brummel baby
- If you just give it half a chance.
- Don't waste your money on a new set of speakers,
- You get more mileage from a cheap pair of sneakers."
- Next phase, new wave, dance craze, anyways
- It's still rock and roll to me
- What's the matter with the crowd I'm seeing?
- "Don't you know that they're out of touch?"
- Should I try to be a straight `A' student?
- "If you are then you think too much.
- Don't you know about the new fashion honey?
- All you need are looks and a whole lotta money."
- It's the next phase, new wave, dance craze, anyways
- It's still rock and roll to me
- Everybody's talkin' 'bout the new sound
- Funny, but it's still rock and roll to me
- -- Billy Joel
- She stood on the tracks
- Waving her arms
- Leading me to that third rail shock
- Quick as a wink
- She changed her mind
- She gave me a night
- That's all it was
- What will it take until I stop
- Kidding myself
- Wasting my time
- There's nothing else I can do
- 'Cause I'm doing it all for Leyna
- I don't want anyone new
- 'Cause I'm living it all for Leyna
- There's nothing in it for you
- 'Cause I'm giving it all to Leyna
- We laid on the beach
- Watching the tide
- She didn't tell me there were rocks
- Under the waves
- Right off the shore
- Washed up on the sand
- Barely alive
- Wishing the undertow would stop
- How can a man take anymore
- There's nothing else I can do
- 'Cause I'm doing it all for Leyna
- I don't want anyone new
- 'Cause I'm living it all for Leyna
- There's nothing in it for you
- 'Cause I'm giving it all to Leyna
- I'm failing in school
- Losing my friends
- Making my family lose their minds
- I don't want to eat
- I don't want to sleep
- I only want Leyna one more time
- Now I'm in my room
- Watching the tube
- Telling myself she still may drop
- Over to say
- She's changed her mind
- So, I wait in the dark
- Listening for her,
- Instead of my old man saying stop...
- Kidding yourself,
- Wasting your time
- There's nothing else I can do
- 'Cause I'm doing it all for Leyna
- I don't want anyone new
- 'Cause I'm living it all for Leyna
- There's nothing in it for you
- 'Cause I'm giving it all to Leyna
- All for Leyna
- All for Leyna
- -- Billy Joel
- She said she'd meet me in the bar
- At the Plaza Hotel
- "Wear a jacket and a tie"
- "What's the occasion?"
- She just smiled and she wouldn't say why
- So here I am standing, waiting in the lobby
- Sweating bullets in this stupid old suit
- And when she sees me she busts out laughing
- "You're a sad sight honey, but you look so cute" and
- I don't want to be alone anymore
- I was checking you out
- I was just making sure
- No, I don't want to be alone anymore
- And, I want you tonight
- Although you hurt me before
- It didn't matter that I felt like a fool
- 'Cause I forgot when she walked through the door
- I said I'm sorry, but she said it was cool
- And I don't want to be alone anymore
- It's so confusing choosing sides
- In the heat of the moment
- Just to see if it's real
- It's so erotic having you
- Tell me how it should feel
- But I'm avoiding all the hard cold facts
- That I've got to face
- So ask me just one question
- When this magic night is through
- Could it have been just anyone
- Or did it have to be you
- And, will you still be saying--
- I don't want to be alone anymore
- I was checking you out
- I was just making sure
- No, I don't want to be alone anymore
- And, I want you tonight
- Although you hurt me before
- It didn't matter that I felt like a fool
- 'Cause I forgot when she walked through the door
- I said I'm sorry, but she said it was cool
- And I don't want to be alone anymore
- But, don't you know that it's wrong
- It's wrong, it's wrong...
- But like the song
- Being caught by the wink of an eye
- I can't be sure we'll get along
- But I'm willing to try
- As long as you can tell me--
- I don't want to be alone anymore
- I was checking you out
- I was just making sure
- No, I don't want to be alone anymore
- And, I want you tonight
- Although you hurt me before
- It didn't matter that I felt like a fool
- 'Cause I forgot when she walked through the door
- I said I'm sorry, but she said it was cool
- And I don't want to be alone anymore
- I've been watching you waltz all night Diane
- Nobody's found a way behind your defenses
- They never notice the zap gun in your hand
- Until you're pointing it and stunning their senses
- All night long, all night long
- You'll shoot 'em down because you're waiting for somebody good to come on
- All night long, all night long
- But you'll be sleeping with the television on
- You say you're looking for someone solid here
- You can't be bothered with those `just for the night' boys
- Tonight unless you take some kind of chances dear
- Tomorrow morning you'll wake up with the white noise
- All night long, all night long
- You're only standing there 'cause somebody once did somebody wrong
- All night long, all night long
- But you'll be sleeping with the television on
- Your eyes are saying talk to me, talk to me
- But your attitude is "don't waste my time"
- Your eyes are saying talk to me, talk to me
- But you won't hear a word 'cause it just might be the same old line
- This isn't easy for me to say Diane
- I know you don't need anybody's protection
- I really wish I was less of a thinking man
- And more a fool who's not afraid of rejection
- All night long, all night long
- I'll just be standing here 'cause I know I don't have the guts to come on
- All night long, all night long
- And I'll be sleeping with the television on
- Your eyes are saying talk to me, talk to me
- But my attitude is "boy, don't waste your time"
- Your eyes are saying talk to me, talk to me
- But I won't say a word 'cause it just might be somebody else's same old line
- All night long, all night long
- We're only standing here 'cause somebody might do somebody wrong
- All night long, all night long
- And we'll be sleeping with the television on
- Sleeping with the television on
- Sleeping with the television on
- Here I am again
- In this smoky place
- With my brandy eyes
- I'm talking to myself
- You were the one
- You were the one
- Here I go again
- Looking for your face
- And I realize
- That I should look for someone else
- But you were the one
- You were the one
- I'm looking for comfort
- That I can take
- From someone else
- But after all
- I know there is no one
- That can save me from myself
- You were the only one
- Me revoici
- Dans ce bar enfume
- Avec mes yeux iures
- Je me parle a moi meme
- C'etait toi
- C'etait toi
- Me revoici
- Cherchant ton visage
- Et je realise
- Que je devrais en chercher une autre
- C'etait toi
- You were the one
- Je recherche l'affection
- Qu'une autre pourrait me donner
- Mais apres tout
- Je sais qu'il n'y a personne
- Personne qui puisse me sauver
- Tu etais la seule
- I'm looking for comfort
- That I can take
- From someone else
- But after all
- I know there is no one
- That can save me, save me from myself
- You were the only one
- Blackout, heatwave, .44 caliber homicide
- The buns drop dead and dogs go mad
- In packs on the West Side
- Young girl standing on a ledge looks like another suicide
- She wants to hit those bricks
- 'Cause the news at six gotta stick to a deadline
- While the millionaires hide in Beekman Place
- The bag ladies throw their bones in my face
- I get attacked by a kid with stereo sound
- I don't want to hear it but he won't turn it down
- Life is tough but it's just enough
- To hold back the tears until it's closing time
- I survived, I'm still alive
- But I'm getting close to the borderline
- Close to the borderline
- A buck three eighty
- Won't buy you much lately on the street these days
- And when you can get gas
- You know you can't drive fast anymore on the parkways
- Rich man, poor man, either way American
- Shoved into the lost and found
- The no nuke yell we're gonna all go to hell
- With the next big meltdown
- I got remote control and a color T.V.
- I don't change channels so they must change me
- I got real close friends that will get me high
- They don't know how to talk and they ain't gonna try
- I shouldn't bitch, I shouldn't cry
- I'd start a revolution but I don't have time
- I don't know why I'm still a nice guy
- But I'm getting close to the borderline
- Close to the borderline
- I thought I'd sacrifice so many things
- I thought I'd throw them all away
- I didn't think I needed anything
- But you can't afford to squander what you're not prepared to pay
- I need a doctor for my pressure pills
- I need a lawyer for my medical bills
- I need a banker to finance my home
- I need security to back my loan
- It isn't new what I'm going through
- But everybody knows you got to break sometime
- Another night I fought the good fight
- But I'm getting closer to the borderline
- Closer to the borderline
- The cold hands
- The sad eyes
- The dark Irish silence
- It's so late
- But I'll wait
- Through the long night with you
- With you
- The warm tears
- The bad dreams
- The soft trembling shoulders
- The old fears
- But I'm here
- Through the long night with you
- With you
- Oh, what has it cost you
- I almost lost you
- A long, long time ago
- Oh, you should have told me
- But you had to bleed to know
- All your past sins
- Are since past
- You should be sleeping
- It's all right
- Sleep tight
- Through the long night with me
- With me
- No, I didn't start it
- You're broken hearted
- From a long, long time ago
- Oh, the way you hold me
- Is all that I need to know
- And it's so late
- But I'll wait
- Through the long night with you
- With you
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